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oin Rafael as he talks toRay Gonzalez & Sy Hoahwah Ray Gonzalez is the author of Memory Fever (University of Arizona Press, 1999), a memoir about growing up in the Southwest, Turtle Pictures (Arizona, 2000), which received the 2001 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, and a collection of essays, The Underground Heart: A Return to a Hidden Landscape (Arizona, 2002), which received the 2003 Carr P. Collins/ Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Book of Non-fiction, was named one of ten Best Southwest Books of the Year by the Arizona Humanities Commission, named one of the Best Non-fiction Books of the Year by the Rocky Mountain News, named a Minnesota Book Award Finalist in Memoir, and selected as a Book of the Month by the El Paso Public Library. He is the author of six other books of poetry, including three from BOA Editions--The Heat of Arrivals (1997 PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Book Award), Cabato Sentora (2000 Minnesota Book Award Finalist), and The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (winner of a 2003 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, Sy Hoahwah, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. His family derives from the Yapaituka (Root Eater) band as well as the Bad Faces Band of the Southern Arapaho. In 2007, Hoahwah received an MFA from the Creative Writing Program at University of Arkansas. He has two published chapbooks, Black Knife (2005, Sequoyah Research Center) and Split (2001, Inverted Press). His poetry has appeared in publications such as the Indiana Review, Shenandoah, Yellow Medicine Review, and SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literature as well as winning an award from the Academy of American Poets. His forthcoming book of poetry, Velroy and The Madischie Mafia is due out late August 2009 by West End Press. He currently resides with his family near St. Louis, MO.

Tonight we have the honor and privilege of reviewing 4 chapbooks from Finishing Line Press out of Georgetown, Kentucky. “A o” by Le Suzume Shi, “Finger Pointing at the Moon” by Rod Farmer, “Dissonance and Consonance” by Roy K. Johnston and “The Rose Industrial Complex” By Marcel Brouwer.

Join Rachelle as she talks to Kate Durbin Kate Durbin is the author of a poetry collection, The Ravenous Audience (Black Goat/Akashic 2009), as well as a chapbook, Fragments Found in a 1937 Aviator's Boot (Dancing Girl Press 2009). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals and anthologies, including Drunken Boat, Action Yes, diode, and Boxcar Poetry Review, among others. She lives in Whittier, CA..

Join Rafael as he talks to Jordan Margolis, & Chelsea Bayouth Renown Chicago Trial Lawyer Jordan Margolis, aka Excuseman, is as lifelong Poet, Humorist and Comical Anarchist. His High School Newspaper Byline was aptly entitled "Out of My Mind", and fittingly his Artistic Website www.jordanmargolis.com is self described as "Completely Out of My Mind, containing Poetry, Original Musical Plays, Purim Shpiels, Comic Strips, Calendars (including "Grave Advice", humorous headstones), and numerous Humor Columns. AuthorHouse published his novel, "The Misadventures of Excuseman, A Novel Excusical" in March of 2007 (the sequel "XQ Returns" is a work in progress). Jordan recently submitted "XQ Goes Galactic, Excuseman's Graphic, Poetic Adventures) to Finishline Press, publication date April 2010, in which Jordan has created a new genre - a graphic, comical, poetic novel. He has also completed the Book and Lyrics for "Cyberantics, The Musical for the TwentyFirst Century" for which the music is currently being scored. "Excuseman's Blog" can be found at www.excuseman.com and Jordo can be followed at www.twitter.com by the handle "Lawtist". Chelsea Bayouth is a Los Angeles based artist, most know her as Sea. She graduated from Cal Arts in May 2008 and lives in a giant tree with many fantastic demons and is covered from head to toe in moss. She wears a white dress. She scribbles drawings, poems and recipes deep into the night and plucks the snails from her hair in the morning.

"Where Verse Becomes a Learning Lesson" Join A K Toney tonight as he reviews and reads selections from "Globetrotter and Hitler's Children" 2009 Poems by Amatoritsero Ede from Akashic/ Black Goat Books created and curated by Chris Abani.

David Daniels, Playwright/Spoken Word Artist "Talkin' Roots" http://mnartists.org/event.do?rid=241142